She gave me a sharp look. “Not for that. You need to sleep. You’ll be useless to everyone if you pass out in the middle of your study, and I need you to teach me more spells tomorrow.” “Is that all you want me for?” I asked, my exhaustion making me loose with my tongue. “Tomorrow? Yes. Tomorrow night… We’ll see.” She gave me a smoldering look that made me instantly hard, before shoving open the door to my chambers. She led me through the sitting room and into the bedroom, where she cast a spell that instantly lit all the candles inside, without using her hands at all. Sun and Moon, she’d learned to do that quickly. It had taken me months, much to my father’s dismay. If Rose had been trained from childhood as I was, she might even rival the Archwizard in power. “We should get you out of

